Wrapping up is spooky

Monday:

·         Last day of service! I am really sad to be leaving. The main thing that I worry about is if I leave and the program I’ve been working on doesn’t get picked up by anyone else. But only time shall tell.

Tuesday:

·         We had our big final presentation for our advocacy projects! This was sort of our final project for our Community Development class.

·         A lot of people were invited; even the provost of Marquette was there, along with some of my housemates’ teachers and students.

·         There were four groups of us, each working on one project for community development. I was in the Lotus Park group that dealt with the tutoring program that I’ve been going to on Thursdays. Mostly, we spoke about participatory development and how our project demonstrated that because it was thought up by members of LYDC (Lotus Youth Development Council), and ran through the participation of both LYDC and the community in a sustainable way.

Wednesday:

·         Halloweeeeen!

·         Mary Claire and I started the day by going to the party store with Andrew and Adolph. I ended up spending around $12 dollars for everything to decorate and for my costume!

·         When we got back home, the decorating began!

·         And the cooking. Our menu included bloody eyeball soup, mummy dogs, garlic gh(t)oast, witches brew, and copious amounts of candy!!

·         I made the tomato soup from scratch! Yup, I boiled down the tomatoes and everything. It turned out a little odd, but tasty. And then I added mozzarella balls with food coloring for the eyeballs.

·         I made a batch of fake blood, so you had better believe it was all over!

·         We invited Mama Zana (Mary Claire’s teacher at her work site) over, and she got quite a kick out of it all because she had never done Halloween before.

·         All in all, a very successful Halloween dinner!

I ended up being Katniss from the Hunger Games. Which was great because I wore my every day outfit, painted on a mockingjay, and bought a twenty rand toy bow that was the most fun thing ever!!! Ah, and the fake blood came in handy.

Saturday:

·         I had fun dinner out with all my favorite house mates. I went with Mary Claire, Burkard, Stuart, Jason, Meribeth, Sarah, and Shatevia.

·         In the course of the evening, it was decided that Sarah was my date and she made me the most beautiful bouquet of leaves and twigs.

Sunday:

·         American family dinner cookout

·         Maggie and Sam impressed us all with their homemade burgers on a proper barbeque.